Re: [PATCH 10/10] drivers/crypto/nx: add hardware 842 crypto comp alg

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Wed May 06 2015 - 23:13:10 EST


On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 12:51:06PM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
> Add crypto compression alg for 842 hardware compression and decompression.
>
> This crypto compression alg is named "nx842" to indicate it uses hardware
> to perform the compression and decompression, while the software 842
> compression alg is named "sw842". However, since before this split there
> was only one 842 compression alg named "842" which only used hardware,
> this is also aliased "842" for backwards compatibility.

This should still be called 842. You can set the driver name to
nx842 or 842-nx.

Cheers,
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